Following an intelligence tip-off, a team of crime-busters comprising
DCI and immigration officials raided two houses in South C Estate,
Nairobi, in a clean up swoop targeting wanted fugitives, human
traffickers and other immigration violators.

The two residential houses are suspected to have been operating as brothels.

The arrested foreigners, 8 girls and 4 men were taken to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for processing and subsequent deportation.

Police records shows that one of the men arrested was watch-listed in
May 2017 on suspicion of being involved in prostitution and illegal
gambling in Kenya. He was later deported and subsequently banned from
ever entering the country again but returned using a different
passport.

Their arrest comes months after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred
Matiang’s declared war on illegal immigrants and foreigners doing jobs
that should be done by Kenyans.

Two weeks ago, Kenyan police raided the African headquarters of the
China Global Television Network in Nairobi and briefly detaining several
journalists.

The Chinese embassy in Nairobi has complained over police swoops that
have seen its nationals with legal documents hauled into police
stations for verification.